Patents by Inventor Akira Madama

Akira Madama has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Printing apparatus for printing randomly input data in order
    Patent number: 5186551
    Abstract: In a printing apparatus, even if print position data and its associated printing data are inputted at random in a memory, the print position data are rearranged in a predetermined order in which to move a printing heat at a minimum distance during the printing of the data in the specified position. Specifically, the print position data are rearranged so that the printing head is moved from the top of a printing paper toward the bottom thereof. If a plurality of position data are specified which are printed on the same line, the printing head is moved from the left to the right of the line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1993
    Assignees: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hattori, Hideji Yoshimori, Kazuhiro Kondoh, Akira Madama